Deborah Krieger
By Deborah Krieger
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The Schmooze Two Movies To See At The Washington Jewish Film Festival (And On The Fest Circuit)
After delivering you my picks from the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, I’m back with two movies from the DC Jewish Film Festival’s fall series that really shouldn’t be skipped. Humor Me, written and directed by Sam Hoffman, is the very model of a modern indie comedy, albeit with a welcome dash of Jewish humor. (Wrong…
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The Schmooze 3 Movies To Watch At This Year’s Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
The Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival kicks off on November 4, running until November 19th. A fixture of the Philadelphia cultural scene for thirty-seven years, the PJFF is the second-oldest Jewish film festival in the United States (second only to San Francisco). There’s quite a wealth of films being shown — so I’ve done you a…
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The Schmooze Scarlett Johansson And The Avengers Cast Are Raising Money For Hurricane Maria Relief
The Avengers are assembling once more to do some good—this time offscreen. As relief efforts pour in for Puerto Rico, including from Presidents Bush, Bush, Obama, Clinton, and Carter, Scarlett Johansson is taking charge of a staged reading of the theater classic ‘Our Town’ with fellow big-screen heroes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, and Mark…
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The Schmooze Harrison Ford Opens Up On Affair With Carrie Fisher
When the late Carrie Fisher revealed that she and Harrison Ford had had an affair on the Star Wars set, absolutely no one was surprised, and even more people were undoubtedly jealous. While promoting her last book, her memoir The Princess Diarist, she told People Magazine: “It was Han and Leia during the week, and…
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The Schmooze Israeli Director Tali Shalom Ezer’s Lesbian Romance, ‘My Days of Mercy,’ Screens At TIFF
Screening today at the Toronto International Film Festival is Israeli director Tali Shalom Ezer’s newest drama, ‘My Days of Mercy.’ Starring Ellen Page (“Juno”) and Kate Mara (“House of Cards”), “My Days of Mercy” tells the story of two women, Lucy and Mercy (Page and Mara), who fall in love despite viewpoints that seem impossible…
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Breaking News New York Police Officers Join Jewish Organizations To Send Hurricane Relief
In response to Hurricane Harvey devastating Houston, the greater southeast Texas and parts of Louisiana, the New York Police Department’s District 3 teamed up with Jewish community organization Amudim, the grocery store Seasons Kosher and other local Jewish organizations to send aid and supplies to where they’re needed most. As District 3 collected funds internally…
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The Schmooze After Slamming White Supremacists, Miss Texas Is Officially The New Miss Congeniality
Remember when beauty pageant contestants were asked about their perfect dates of the year? (For the record, April 25. Not too hot, not too cold…all you need is a light jacket!) Well, the judges of last Sunday’s Miss America pageant certainly weren’t lobbing any softball questions (our apologies to Miss Rhode Island from “Miss Congeniality”)….
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The Schmooze Why Casting Shia LeBeouf As A Raging Tennis Star Was A Brilliant Move
“Borg/McEnroe” is perhaps one of the most anticipated movies premiering at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Starring Shia LeBeouf as John McEnroe and Sverrir Gudnason as Björn Borg, “Borg/McEnroe” details the fierce tennis rivalry (“Fire and Ice,” “IceBorg versus Superbrat”) that captivated the world in the 1980 Wimbledon Championships. LaBeouf has become as infamous…
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